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Proud Boys leader banned, arrests made in US election protests

Proud Boys leader banned, arrests made in US election protests

Protests against President-elect Joe Biden’s November election win, which Congress will certify on Wednesday, started across the US capital on Tuesday.   Washington police banned… Read More ›

Israel’s coronavirus testing centers are a horror show

Israel’s coronavirus testing centers are a horror show

Opinion: Centers where hundreds wait in line to find out whether they have the virus are, ironically, an infuriating potential hotbed for new infection; indeed… Read More ›

At least 140 House Republicans to vote against counting electoral votes, two GOP lawmakers say

At least 140 House Republicans to vote against counting electoral votes, two GOP lawmakers say

Two Republican members of the House of Representatives tell CNN that they expect at least 140 of their GOP colleagues in the House to vote… Read More ›

14 arrested in Jerusalem protests over Ahuvia Sandak death

14 arrested in Jerusalem protests over Ahuvia Sandak death

Protests over Sandak’s death have been ongoing for the past week, with demonstrators demanding police inquiries into the accident that led to his death.  … Read More ›

Shame on Israel’s leaders for putting their careers above our health

Shame on Israel’s leaders for putting their careers above our health

Opinion: Just as we doctors vow to never abandon our patients, our politicians should do the same, especially in the throes of a pandemic that… Read More ›

NYT’s ‘Caliphate’ Podcast Withdrawn As Pulitzer Finalist

NYT’s ‘Caliphate’ Podcast Withdrawn As Pulitzer Finalist

  NEW YORK (AP) — A high-profile podcast on terrorism from The New York Times that had been a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize was… Read More ›

Trump announces wave of pardons, including Papadopoulos and former lawmakers Hunter and Collins

Trump announces wave of pardons, including Papadopoulos and former lawmakers Hunter and Collins

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a wave of lame duck pardons, including two for men who pleaded guilty in Robert Mueller’s investigation, as well… Read More ›

Biden To Receive COVID Vaccine As Trump Remains On Sidelines

Biden To Receive COVID Vaccine As Trump Remains On Sidelines

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The leader of the Trump administration’s vaccination program says people who have been infected with the coronavirus — a group that… Read More ›

2 Jewish Wisconsin Judges Denounced A Trump Lawsuit. Now Anti-Semites Are Harassing Them.

2 Jewish Wisconsin Judges Denounced A Trump Lawsuit. Now Anti-Semites Are Harassing Them.

  WISCONSIN (JTA) — One commenter said Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky was “hooked-nosed” and posted a corresponding anti-Semitic caricature of her. Another called… Read More ›

Trump remains silent as massive cyber hack poses ‘grave risk’ to government

Trump remains silent as massive cyber hack poses ‘grave risk’ to government

When President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet at the White House Wednesday as Washington absorbed news of a massive data breach, the heads of most… Read More ›

Liberman urges Sa’ar, Lapid, Bennett to join with him against Netanyahu: reports

Liberman urges Sa’ar, Lapid, Bennett to join with him against Netanyahu: reports

Yisrael Beytenu party head reportedly calls on other opposition leaders to unite against Likud in possible election; polls predict bloc would still fall short of… Read More ›

Ending the circle of grief

Ending the circle of grief

Opinion: The fact that Israel has been keeping the bodies of 68 Palestinians as a bargaining chip does little to bring closure to the Israeli… Read More ›

Health officials said looking to move up start of COVID vaccine drive to Dec. 20

Health officials said looking to move up start of COVID vaccine drive to Dec. 20

Report says HMOs tell Health Ministry they can begin immunizing Israelis a week earlier than expected; ministry head signals Pfizer’s vaccine will receive Israeli approval… Read More ›

UAE Ambassador: Argument against F-35 sale is political, not substantial

UAE Ambassador: Argument against F-35 sale is political, not substantial

“Through the Abraham Accords, I think we basically prove that we are doubling down on our relationship with the United States.”   WASHINGTON – Yousef… Read More ›

DeVos suspends student federal loan payments through January

DeVos suspends student federal loan payments through January

  WASHINGTON (AP ) – The Trump administration on Friday suspended all federal student loan payments through the end of January and kept interest rates… Read More ›

Trump pressured Georgia governor in call to help overturn Biden’s win in state

Trump pressured Georgia governor in call to help overturn Biden’s win in state

President Donald Trump on Saturday called Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, pushing him to convince state legislators to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the state,… Read More ›

Center-Left rifts mar effort to unseat Netanyahu

Center-Left rifts mar effort to unseat Netanyahu

“There is no room in the election for imaginary parties.”   &Day one of the 2021 election on Thursday featured infighting in the Center-Left camp… Read More ›

Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Village of Airmont, New York, for Zoning Restrictions that Target the Orthodox Jewish Community

Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Village of Airmont, New York, for Zoning Restrictions that Target the Orthodox Jewish Community

WASHINGTON (VINnews) – The Justice Department today announced that it filed a lawsuit against the Village of Airmont, New York, alleging that it violated the… Read More ›

Analysis: Can Trump pre-pardon his children?

Analysis: Can Trump pre-pardon his children?

Beg your pardon? It’s something you ask of somebody else for something you’ve already done. And that, more or less, is how it’s been viewed… Read More ›

Dr. Scott Atlas Resigns As Special Adviser To Trump On Coronavirus

Dr. Scott Atlas Resigns As Special Adviser To Trump On Coronavirus

  WASHINGTON — Dr. Scott Atlas, who held the position of special advisor to President Trump on Coronavirus, has resigned from his position. Atlas, who… Read More ›